 1 It is remarkable, that Mr. Gray has employed somewhat the same image to characterise Dryden. He, indeed, furnishes his car with but two horses, but they are of ' ethereal race: ' ' Behold where Dryden's less presumptuous car, Wide o'er the fields of...  Boswell's Life of Johnson - Stran 319avtor: James Boswell - 1904Celotni ogled - O knjigi
 | Thomas Gray, William Mason - 1827 - 468 strani
...tremble while they gaze, He saw ; but, blasted with excess of light, Clos'd his eyes in endless night. Behold, where Dryden's less presumptuous car, Wide...fields of Glory bear Two coursers of ethereal race, With necks in thunder cloth'd and long-resounding pace. III. 3. Hark, his hands the lyre explore! Bright-eyed... | |
 | Eliza Robbins - 1828 - 408 strani
...tremble while they gaze, He saw; but, blasted with excess of light, Clos'd his eyes in endless night.— Behold where Dryden's less presumptuous car Wide o'er the fields of Glory bear Two coursers of etherial race, With necks in thunder cloth'd, and long-resounding pace. Hark, his hands the lyre explore!... | |
 | Ebenezer Porter - 1828 - 452 strani
...tremble while they gaze, Clos'd his eyes in endless night. He saw ; but, blasted with excess of light, Behold, where Dryden's less presumptuous car Wide o'er the fields of glory bear 40 Two coursers of ethereal race, With necks in thunder cloth'd, and long resounding pace. Hark, his... | |
 | Robert Chambers - 1830 - 844 strani
...night. \ He saw ; but blasted with excess of light, jV Behold where Dryden'rf less presumptuous саг \ Wide o'er the fields of glory bear Two coursers of ethereal race, With necks in thunder clothed, and long-resounding pace. ' Ode to Eton College,' the 'Ode to Adversity,'... | |
 | James Boswell - 1833 - 1182 strani
...furnishes his car with but two horses; bot they are of" ethereal race:" " Behold where Dryden 1 « less presumptuous car, Wide o'er the fields of glory bear Two coursers of ethereal race, [pace." With neck« in thunder clothed, and long resounding Ode on the Progress of Poesy.—BOSWELL.... | |
 | James Boswell - 1835 - 378 strani
...which always were open to him, nor I suppose his never mentioning him in all his works." — C. (2) It is remarkable that Mr. Gray has employed somewhat...fields of glory bear Two coursers of ethereal race, With necks in thunder clothed, and long resounding pace." JOHNSON. " Why, Sir, the truth is, they both... | |
 | Samuel Carter Hall - 1837 - 362 strani
...tremble, while they gaze, He saw ; but, blasted with excess of light, Clos'd his eyes in endless night. Behold, where Dryden's less presumptuous car, Wide...fields of glory bear Two coursers of ethereal race, W T ith necks in thunder cloth'd, and long-resounding pace. Hark, his hands the lyre explore ! Bright-ey'd... | |
 | Charles Bucke - 1837 - 488 strani
...mind : and Gray characterizes the poetry of Dryden in a manner equally poetical: Behold where Drydea's less presumptuous car, Wide o'er the fields of glory bear Two coursers of ethereal race, S* With necks in thunder cloth'd, and long resounding pace. PERFUMES. NATURE affords not satisfaction... | |
 | William Graham (teacher of elocution.) - 1837 - 370 strani
...with excess of light, Clos'd his eyes in endless night. Behold, where Dryden's less presumptuous ear, Wide o'er the fields of glory bear Two coursers of ethereal race, With necks in thunder cloth'd, and long-resounding p Hark, his hands the lyre explore ! Bright-eyed... | |
 | Samuel Carter Hall - 1837 - 448 strani
....with, excess of light, Clos'd his eyes in endless night. Behold, where Dryd*en's less presumptuous eat, Wide o'er the fields of glory bear Two coursers of ethereal race, With neeks in thunder clothM, and long-resounding pace. Hark, his hands the lyre explore ! Bright-ey'd... | |
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